{"id":2458162,"date":"2025-07-10T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-burchett-says-biden-administration-destroyed-epstein-files\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T18:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:38:41","slug":"tim-burchett-says-biden-administration-destroyed-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-burchett-says-biden-administration-destroyed-epstein-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Burchett says Biden administration destroyed Epstein files"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-burchett-says-biden-administration-destroyed-epstein-files%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2458162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) claimed that teh Biden administration destroyed key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-maricopa-county-delete-all-of-its-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Maricopa County Delete All Of Its 2020 Election Results?\">files related<\/a> to Jeffrey Epstein. Despite official statements denying the existence of a client list implicating high-profile individuals, Burchett believes such files once existed but were destroyed during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases ... of ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">previous administration<\/a>. The Trump administration released a memo refuting the idea of Epstein having a blackmail list. Attorney General Pam Bondi had ordered an FBI search for more details after some documents released earlier were <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >found lacking important data<\/a>. The Department of Justice later stated that no such list exists and no further files would be made public.Speculation also surrounds whether Epstein&#8217;s 2019 death was suicide or murder, with the DOJ releasing limited footage from the jail to support the suicide claim. Burchett dismissed allegations involving former President Trump, arguing that if Trump had been implicated, the Biden administration would have disclosed the information immediately. He also suggested that other prominent figures, including Hollywood personalities and world leaders, might be involved. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the DOJ memo resulted from an exhaustive review of Epstein-related files. Conservative commentator Bill O&#8217;Reilly said Trump told him many famous names linked to Epstein were not involved in any crimes and expressed concern that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-releasing-files-on-how-twitter-suppressed-free-speech\/\" title=\"Musk Releasing ... On How Twitter Suppressed Free Speech\">releasing files<\/a> without context could unfairly damage reputations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tim Burchett says Biden administration destroyed Epstein files<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2171151\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3431832\/jewish-lawmakers-worry-safety-antisemitic-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rep. Tim Burchett<\/a> (R-TN) said Wednesday that he believes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration<\/a> destroyed key files pertaining to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3467648\/flip-flop-justice-search-for-epstein-files-is-still-ongoing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration released a memo earlier this week stating that Epstein never had a client list full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-be-watching-more-than-200-high-profile-women-demand-big-tech-stop-pandemic-of-online-abuse-against-women-and-girls\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019ll Be Watching\u2019: More Than 200 High-Profile Women Demand Big Tech Stop \u2018Pandemic Of Online Abuse Against Women And Girls\u2019\">high-profile people<\/a> with the intent to blackmail them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3468092\/ken-paxton-divorce-angela-paxton\/\">Ken Paxton&#8217;s wife files for divorce after &#8216;recent discoveries&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3467878\/dean-phillips-says-there-isnt-room-for-socialists-like-zohran-mamdani-in-democratic-party\/\">Dean Phillips says there isn&#8217;t room for &#8216;socialists&#8217; like Mamdani in Democratic Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3467896\/georgia-voter-rolls-to-remove-500k-inactive-registrations\/\">Georgia starts process to remove 500,000 inactive voter registrations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Burchett said he believes such a list did exist at one point, despite the administration&rsquo;s insistence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the files existed at one time,&rdquo; Burchett told NewsNation. &ldquo;I think they were destroyed in the previous administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After some files were released to influencers in February, little of use was found in the documents, and Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the FBI to find more information. After months of speculation, Justice Department officials said the list did not exist and no more files related to Epstein would be made public.<\/p>\n<p>Another question many hoped the files would answer was confirmation on whether Epstein died by suicide in 2019. Some believe he was murdered. In response, the DOJ released a video from inside the New York jail where he died, with little visibility, suggesting he was not killed by anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett also argued that President Donald Trump could not have been implicated in the Epstein files, as Elon Musk alleged, or else the Biden administration would have presented the information.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think if they&rsquo;d ever had anything on Trump, it would have been out Day 1 under the Biden administration,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think there&rsquo;s some very prominent people,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s Hollywood people. I mean, I think there&rsquo;s world leaders too. And would it have caused economic disruption around the globe? Maybe. But I don&rsquo;t really care. I want to bury those dirtbags.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Republican said Bondi did not mirror his suggestions because she does not &ldquo;have proof&rdquo; that the files were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just telling you what I think,&rdquo; the lawmaker continued. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been around this town enough. I think she got over her skis pretty much saying all this stuff, the files are on my desk, I&rsquo;m going to release it, and then she releases stuff that I knew.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think they all got out there, got a little excited, and I don&rsquo;t think they exist,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary&nbsp;Karoline Leavitt&nbsp;said the DOJ&rsquo;s memo is the result of an &ldquo;exhaustive review of all of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein&rsquo;s crimes and his death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Bill O&rsquo;Reilly suggested that the files were not released because Trump told him that many famous people associated with Epstein were not involved in his crimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465834\/musk-suggests-epstein-files-release-will-be-high-priority-for-america-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MUSK SUGGESTS EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE WILL BE HIGH PRIORITY FOR AMERICA PARTY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I talked to President Trump, man-to-man, eye-to-eye, on St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day about this &hellip; and he said, and I agree, &lsquo;There are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein&rsquo;s conduct,&rsquo;&rdquo; O&rsquo;Reilly told NewsNation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If that name gets out,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Reilly continued, &ldquo;those people are destroyed, because there&rsquo;s not going to be any context. Media doesn&rsquo;t care about context, so you can&rsquo;t do that. You can&rsquo;t destroy a human being by putting out the files, whatever they may be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2171151\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2171151\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Burchett claims Biden admin destroyed Epstein files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2458163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tim-burchett.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32502,3985,51209,5894,35039],"class_list":["post-2458162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden-administration","tag-conspiracy","tag-epstein-files","tag-politics","tag-tim-burchett"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tim-burchett.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458162"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458170,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458162\/revisions\/2458170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2458163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}